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Characterizing and mapping the spatial variability of HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women: A cross-county analysis of population-based surveys in Eswatini, Haiti, and Mozambique

PLos ONE; 16 (12), 2021
Background: To stem the HIV epidemic among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), prevention programs must target services towards those most at risk for HIV. This paper investigates approaches to estimate HIV risk and map the spatial heterogeneity of at-risk populations in three countries: Eswatini, H...

The impact of the caregiver mobility on child HIV care in the Manhiça District, Southern Mozambique: A clinical based study

PLos ONE; 16 (12), 2021
Introduction: Manhiça District, in Southern Mozambique harbors high HIV prevalence and a long history of migration. To optimize HIV care, we sought to assess how caregiver's mobility impacts children living with HIV (CLHIV)´s continuation in HIV care and to explore the strategies used by caregivers to ...

Young at risk-people in Maputo City, Mozambique, present a high willingness to participate in HIV trials: Results from an HIV vaccine preparedness cohort study

PLos ONE; 16 (12), 2021
Introduction: Vaccine efficacy testing requires engagement of willing volunteers with high disease incidence. We evaluated factors associated with willingness to participate in potential future HIV vaccine trials in Maputo, Mozambique. Methods: Adults aged 18-35 years without HIV and who reported at leas...

Young at risk-people in Maputo City, Mozambique, present a high willingness to participate in HIV trials: Results from an HIV vaccine preparedness cohort study

PLos ONE; 16 (12), 2021
Introduction: Vaccine efficacy testing requires engagement of willing volunteers with high disease incidence. We evaluated factors associated with willingness to participate in potential future HIV vaccine trials in Maputo, Mozambique. Methods: Adults aged 18-35 years without HIV and who reported at leas...

Relação entre a educação de adultos e saúde pública em moçambique na perspectiva do pessoal de saúde do centro de saúde do hospital geral josé macamo e alfabetizandos e educandos do centro de alfabetização e educação de adultos da escola primária completa unidade 24
The relationship between adult education and public health in mozambique from the perspective of the health staff of the health center of the josé macamo general hospital and the literacy and education students of the literacy and adult education center of the complete elementary school unit 24

Esta pesquisa trata da Relação entre Educação de Adultos e a Saúde Pública em Moçambique na perspectiva do pessoal de saúde do Centro de Saúde do Hospital Geral José Macamo (CSHGJM) e dos aprendentes do Centro de Alfabetização e Educação de Adultos da Escola Primária Unidade 24 (CAEAEPCU24...

‘To prevent this disease, we have to stay at home, but if we stay at home, we die of hunger’ – Livelihoods, vulnerability and coping with Covid-19 in rural Mozambique

World dev; 151 (105757), 2021
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as social distancing and travel restrictions have been introduced to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (hereinafter Covid). In many countries of the Global South, NPIs are affecting rural livelihoods, but in-depth empirical data on these impacts are ...

Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women: protocol of a multicentre, two-arm, randomised, placebo-controlled, superiority clinical trial (MAMAH project)

BMJ Open; 11 (11), 2021
Introduction: Malaria infection during pregnancy is an important driver of maternal and neonatal health especially among HIV-infected women. Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine is recommended for malaria prevention in HIV-uninfected women, but it is contr...

Poverty and vulnerability in Mozambique: An analysis of dynamics and correlates in light of the Covid-19 crisis using synthetic panels

Rev. dev. econ.; 25 (4), 2021
This study aims at providing new insights into poverty, vulnerability, and their correlates in Mozambique, applying synthetic panels techniques and expanding on earlier analyses. Our results suggest that there is a high degree of poverty immobility, especially in rural areas in the northern and central r...

Factores associados a falência ao tratamento antiretroviral em adolescentes seguidos no departamento de pediatria do hospital central de Maputo, janeiro de 2010 a janeiro 2020
Factors associated with antiretroviral treatment failure in adolescents followed at the department of paediatrics, Maputo central hospital, january 2010 to january 2020

A sobrevivência melhorada das crianças vivendo com HIV, resultante de uma excelente cobertura do tratamento antirretroviral pediátrico (TARV) levou a um aumento no número de adolescentes em TARV e por sua vez em falência terapêutica, o que ditou a realização deste estudo com objectivo de conhecer...

Evaluation of a Sexual Transmitted Infection Prevention Program Among University Students in Beira City Central Mozambique: A Study Protocol

Background: Unhealthy sexual behaviors, such as unprotected sexual intercourse and lack of using screening services increase cyclical transmission of sexually transmitted infections including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), especially among young adults. Hence health promotion programs can contribute...